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From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit

Is the US a democracy or a republic? And why do we only have two dominant political parties?

From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Civics 101: 2024 Election Toolkit

A wave of recent legislation across the country promised to make our elections "more secure." Where did this suspicion of our voting process come f...

Bought by Vermont Public

When The State Stopped

From: WITF

Documenting the first two months of unprecedented events due to the coronavirus pandemic in Pennsylvania.

Bought by 90.5 WESA and WLVT

Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You - Hour Special

From: KRCB 104.9
Series: Vaping: What You Don't Know Can Kill You

We investigate the dangers of vaping, while listening to the voices of high school administrators, health professionals and students. One thing is ...

Bought by KOSU, WHYY, Prairie Public, WXXI Rochester, WRVO Public Media and more

Sierra Leone's Conflict Diamond Trade (2004 NPR's Day2Day)

From: Hechtech

David Hecht reports on the condition of Sierra Leone's diamond trade

Keeping Teachers

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Teacher Christopher McFadden is a member of The Fellowship, a group in Philadelphia trying to recruit and retain black male teachers. Only 2 percent of teachers in American public schools are black men., Credit: Emily Hanford

(8/28/2017) There may be nothing more important in the educational life of a child than having effective teachers. But the United States is struggl...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KUER, Georgia Public Broadcasting, KOSU, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more

Episode 5: In and out of the biggest mental health facility in Los Angeles

From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project
Series: Off The Block

Caption: LePriest Valentine, Credit: George Lavender

Meet LePriest Valentine, who kept winding up in the only sanctuary he could find after getting out of jail: Skid Row.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WRST-FM Oshkosh, PRX Remix, and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Teaching Teachers

From: American Public Media
Series: APM Reports: Focus on Education

Caption: Teachers in Chicago doing "lesson study," a teacher improvement practice borrowed from Japan., Credit: Emily Hanford

This documentary what it would take to improve American teaching on a wide scale. We meet researchers who are trying to understand what makes teach...

Bought by WMUU-LP, Prairie Public, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.

A Matter of Seconds: A Look Back At The Year Since John Crawford III Was Killed

From: WYSO

A look at the last year in Yellow Springs, Beavercreek and Dayton, Ohio, where hundreds of people joined protests demanding justice for John Crawfo...

The Future of Coal

From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment

Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier

Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio

When Oregon's Fort Stevens was shelled during WWII, Why didn't They Fire Back?

From: Ron Johnson
Series: Because It Matters

Caption: The 10-inch guns at Battery Russell that weren't fired.

The US mainland hadn't been attacked since the War of 1812 until a summer evening during 1942. And when Battery Russell on the Oregon coast was sh...

Bought by WSLR and WYAP

Las Historias Escondidas de Sunland Park

From: Kent Paterson

Caption: Sunland Park, New Mexico, Credit: Samat Jain

In 2011 and 2012, the small New Mexico border community of Sunland Park made regional headlines and national news for its political scandals. Delvi...